Quote From: trigreenBut I did see the data from the first round. And neither McCain nor Obama even bothered to vote on the bill. That is so lame. If they aren't going to stand up and vote for us, then why should they expect us to vote for them?
Nader has always been an outspoken advocate against the bailout bill and that is where my vote will be going.
And if the United States has 700 billion to waste on corporate welfare, could they actually put it to use and save many Americans from going under simply for medical reasons by creating a Universal Health Care System.
The bill never passed the House of Representatives and so was never sent on to the Senate. Thus no senator voted for the bill the first time. They did not get the chance.
Perhaps you need to remember how Congress works?